A person age 10 to 15 is presumed incapable of committing an offense except a juvenile curfew ordinance.

a. True
b. False


Answer: a. True

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Criminal justice organizations are replete with failure:

A. Police initiatives that engender ambiguous results B. Sentencing reforms that do not alleviate injustices C. Courts that operate under conditions of scarce resources D. Correctional organizations that do not rehabilitate offenders E. All of the above

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Which type of radical feminism argues that women should not try to act like men?

a. radical-Marxist b. radical-critical c. radical-cultural d. radical-libertarian

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A classic attempt to measure police patrol effectiveness was the Kansas City study. What did this study indicate about the effectiveness of police patrol?

a. that proactive patrol reduced crime b. that variations in patrol had little effect on crime patterns c. that reactive patrol reduced crime but only in residential areas d. that citizens' attitudes toward police became more favorable as patrol increased

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Equal protection claims based on selective prosecution are difficult to prove, because claimants have to prove that the prosecutor had a discriminatory purpose and that the prosecution had: a. a negative effect

b. an exclusionary effect. c. a discriminatory effect. d. a disruptive effect.

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